Fictional characters from the American television sitcom I Love Lucy
"Ricky Ricardo" redirects here. For the sportscaster, see Rickie Ricardo.
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Fictional character
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo in the Alps on their trip to Europe in season 5, 1956
Ricky: Enrique "Ricky" Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III
Nickname
Bird Legs,[1] Droopy Drawers, Lucita, Cousin Lucy
Gender
Female and male
Title
Housewife and band leader
Occupation
Housewife, Mother, Club Officer,[2] Committee Officer,[3] Chicken Farmer,[4] Girl Friday[5]
Family
Mrs. McGillicuddy (Lucy's mother)
Children
Ricky Ricardo Jr. (son; born January 1953)
Nationality
American (both)
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, also known simply as Lucy and Ricky or the Ricardos, are fictional characters from the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, and Lucy also appears in one episode of The Ann Sothern Show.
Together, Lucy and Ricky serve as a double act. Ricky is the straight man, a character very similar to Arnaz himself; he is a Cuban-American bandleader whose trademark song is "Babalu". Red-haired Lucy is his wife, who always gets into trouble and is usually caught at it by Ricky. Their son, Ricky Ricardo Jr. (usually called "Little Ricky"), was born in the middle of the show's second season. He was portrayed by child actor Richard Keith beginning in season 6.
Lucy's full name (Lucille Esmeralda Ricardo née McGillicuddy) is given in the Season 1 episodes "Fred and Ethel Fight" and "The Marriage License," and "The Passports" in Season 5. Ricky gives his full name in the Season 4 episode "Hollywood Anniversary" as Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha, but in the Season 6 episode "Lucy Raises Tulips" Lucy calls him "Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III".[6]
^"TV Acres: Nicknames -"B"". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
^In the I Love Lucy episode "The Operetta," Lucy is the treasurer of The Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League. In the episode "The Club Election," she and Ethel become the club's co-presidents.
^In the I Love Lucy episode "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue," Lucy says she is chairman of the committee that organizes the Yankee Doodle Day Celebration.
^In the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Raises Chickens", the Ricardos decide to raise chickens.
^In the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour episode "Lucy Wants a Career", Lucy gets a job of a Girl Friday on the Paul Douglas Early Bird Show.
^"I Love Lucy Trivia". Retrieved 2014-11-09.
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